Incomprehensible

A frontier village not far from the Imperial capital.

The village farmed its land under the protection of the Rosnova family.

Since it was a village within the Empire rather than on the frontier, it was utterly peaceful.

KABOOM!

That was why it was exceedingly rare for the estate of that ancient knightly family to be half-destroyed.

The explosion had originated in the reception room.

Inside the blasted-open space, a man was kneeling with his head pressed to the floor.

Everything about him was pointed toward the floor, with the sole exception of his two raised hands.

Those hands were aimed at a girl, begging for mercy.

“Please…… I beg you, spare my life.”...